Table of ContentsMASTER BUILDERS Two conglomerates mergeAMERICAN NOTES GIFTS FOR MEN WHO HAVE EVERYTHING NOW: MADONNA ON MADONNA ''If people don't get the humor in me or my act, then they don't want to''SCANDAL ROCKS GENERAL ELECTRIC The firm pleads guilty to bilking the Air Force out of $800,000AMERICAN NOTES SPACE NEW HEIGHTS FOR HIS HIGHNESS SILENT NO MORE Speaking out for abortionMADONNA ROCKS THE LAND Sassy, brassy and beguiling, she laughs her way to fameBUSINESS NOTES MARKETING RUNNING WITH THE PACK UNITED PILOTS WALK THE LINE A battle over salaries for new employees leads to airport chaosNUCLEAR TRIGGERS Illegal exports to Israel ''I Adore CORPSES AND STIFFS'' AGATHA CHRISTIE: A BIOGRAPHY by Janet Morgan; Knopf; 393 pages; $18.95ANOTHER TIME BOMB GOES OFF Maryland's crisis rattles the already jittery savings and loan industryTHE PRESIDENCY THE IMPORTANCE OF SAYING NOWHITE WALLS WAITING: THE WHITES OF SOUTH AFRICA by Vincent Crapanzano Random House; 358 pages; $19.95HUGHES FOR SALE GM or Ford may be the buyerWAGONS HITCHED TO STAR WARS Despite qualms, the NATO allies consider participatingKEEPING THE ADULT IN CONTROL Too many people look upon themselves as helpless childrenDANGER: LIVE MORAL ISSUES RAMBO: FIRST BLOOD PART II Directed by George P. Cosmatos Screenplay by Sylvester Stallone and James CameronVIENNA JAW WARS A Shultz-Gromyko face-offHITTING THE BOOKS WORLD NOTES EL SALVADOR KIDNAPING THE MAYORS THE $1.1 TRILLION TROVE ADDICTED TO THE LOOPHOLE HABIT Reagan's tax plan is being gutted even before its unveilingEXILES HOME TRUTHS By Mavis Gallant Random House; 330 PAGES; $17.95WORLD NOTES SOVIET UNION DRYING OUT IN MOSCOW GOODE'S INTENTIONSWORLD NOTES JAPAN WHEN BEING EQUAL IS NO FUN ''IT LOOKS JUST LIKE A WAR ZONE'' A police raid in Philadelphia turns to tragedyARGENTINA A NATIONAL EXORCISM Trying to punish the military without unsettling the countryDINOSAURS' DEMISE WORLD NOTES CHINA A NAVAL VISIT IS DELAYED CARTER'S CHARACTER WORLD NOTES POLAND ''SOMEBODY IS BEHIND THIS'' A LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHERON THE RECORD SRI LANKA TAMIL TERROR Blood flows at a Buddhist shrine COSBY'S FAMILY FALKLAND ISLANDS COLD COMFORT A furor over a new airport STUDENT STIRRINGS WEST AFRICA HOPE AND IDEALS A tale of two leadersRACE FOR BERLIN NEWSWATCH IT'S NEWS, BUT IS IT REALITY?NIGERIA BRUTAL EXIT Expulsion turns to chaos EGYPT BATTLES A SLEEPING DEVIL Salt damage threatens the monuments of the pharaohsSENATOR SAM'S RELIGION BRITAIN THATCHER HITS STORMY WEATHER Unemployment and a party split send her support plummetingBARRED AT THE BORDER A DEFECTOR WARNS: ''WHAT FOOLS'' The top Soviet priority is acquiring U.S. technology ''MAJOR DEFEAT'' Kohl suffers a stinging setback A CIRCUS KIND OF CALLING Dread legacies and enduring spirits crash head-on at IndyELECTIONS RED CHECK Italy rejects the Communists PERSEVERANCE AND PATIENCE SLAMMING A DOOR ON TRADITION Jean Dubuffet: 1901-1985PULLING IN THE WELCOME MAT Protests and slim turnouts mar John Paul's Dutch visitLEBANON BLACKMAIL IN BEIRUT Islamic Jihad issues an ominous warning to WashingtonMERCILESS JURY Pressures for commutation NICARAGUA A STRUGGLE ON TWO FRONTS Amid rising discontent, the Sandinistas confront the embargo and the contrasCATHY AND GARY IN MEDIALAND A grim tale of rape and recantation turns increasingly bizarreWHO IS HELPING THE Contras? BUSINESS NOTES TECHNOLOGY THE TINIEST TAPE EVER BUSINESS NOTES FOREIGN TRADE A POLITICAL PLUM FOR FARMERS AMERICAN NOTES DEFENSE MORE TROUBLE FOR THE F-20 AMERICAN NOTES POLITICS HUNTING FOR TROUBLE BUSINESS NOTES MERGERS AND NOW, DEFENSE BY MERCEDES BUSINESS NOTES LAWSUITS BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK AMERICAN NOTES TERRORISM FOILING A PLOT TO KILL GANDHI
